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well im not super knowledgable but im bored and these seem pretty easy to answer.
1. yes. any decent guide should check what you know and provide appropriate training/equipment depending on where they are taking you.
2. maybe wait till your wife is intermediate+, you might have a bit more fun. try finding some powder stashes in bounds of a ski area and learn to ski them first.
3. fatter skis than you would usually use are ideal, but dont go nuts.
4. you dont need a guide... but be careful and go with a more experienced skier if you have any doubts. be aware that patrol doesnt operate in some of these areas (they are clearly marked at niseko) and if you fall into a hole or hurt yourself you may not get found for a long time.
5. piste = groomed
off piste = ungroomed, sometimes out of bounds
backcountry i generally associate with using skins, away from lifts and resorts altogether. backcountry is still off piste but off piste isnt necessarily backcountry
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a few nice runs off the peak. people always seem to go the same way which is a bit odd, its easy to find untracked.Quote:Originally posted by Indosnm:
the peak
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some of these super fat skis are going a bit too far imo. 100 underfoot is pretty damn fat.
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actually i had no job so work was good for a change.
niseko was probably good for me actually to get me used to the deep powder and not be too challenging so i didnt break my neck =]
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indeed you did!Quote:Originally posted by Fattwins:
intro I told you to come to hakuba cause i wasnt that steep.
but the main reason i went to niseko was because out of the blue i got a job w/free season pass.
unfortunately i had to come back to new zealand for family reasons and im a bit short on funds, so not sure if ill be doing hakuba this season. but certainly ill be back sometime to check it out. -
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its niseko. you dont need edges. =)
dont know a "good" place but there are a few places on the main hirafu road that do it.
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it would be perfect if it was steeper.
cant say i care whether im surrounded by gaijin or japanese, but there are ton of aussies brought in by sj etc. eventually the tour companies will bring in more other nationalities, not just aussies, and it will even out a bit.
not sure if ill be back, but thats certainly not because of the lack of japanese "feel" or whatever you want to call it
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surely they put another 0 on the end of 40 by accident
edit: looked at poster.. maybe not. wtf?
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damn, missed the timestamps!Quote:Originally posted by eyeeyeeyeeyeeye:
Please note all, this is talking about an incident 3 years ago.........
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this is pretty disheartening to hear. i was planning a trip to hakuba and now im not so sure. surely anything thats not allowed should be roped off!
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picking on badly translated english is so last week
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whats wrong with these people
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take lens out of goggle, warm soapy water.
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smork that.
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with the rear binding mount a bit skew?
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by fall off i mean fall over at the beginning or end of the lift.. causing a slowdown or stop
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most would be fine if retards didn't fall off them all the time
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niseko in early feb? yeah maybe some crowds, thats pretty much peak.
ski hire can rent everything. maybe not gloves/hat... but to be in japan youll want to buy that anyway.. as well as a half decent jacket imo. but yes you can rent jacket/pants.
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doko desu ka
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get two old snowboards, join them, hotwax em, hey presto wicked fast sled
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many companies do this. follow it up if you're still interested. it can do no harm and in alot of cases it does some good.
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you a doctor?Quote:Originally posted by powwwers:
ya need a PIN to preform that tranny. -
paid once, never again.
for the one translated program (the news) we watch once a week or so, i dont think thats worth 2600yen (or whatever it costs)
One piece jumpsuit ski wear?
in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
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one piece suits MUST be worn with white rear entrys and straight skis, preferably pink atomics 200+ long.